rue vs street
street vs ruerue and street both are nouns.
rue is a verb but street is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rue | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| street | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
street is a hypernym of
rue; that is, street is a
word with a broader meaning than rue:
- rue: (French) a street or road in France
- street: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
| rue (noun) | street (noun) |
|---|---|
| (French) a street or road in France | a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings |
| sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel |
| leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy | people living or working on the same street |
| European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy | the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction |
| a situation offering opportunities |
| rue (verb) | street (verb) |
|---|---|
| feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about |
Words related to "rue"
Words related to "street"
- Bowery
- Broadway
- Champs Elysees
- Downing Street
- Fleet Street
- Great White Way
- Harley Street
- Lombard Street
- Pall Mall
- Park Ave.
- Park Avenue
- Quai d'Orsay
- Strand
- Wall St.
- Wall Street
- Whitehall
- alley
- alleyway
- avenue
- back street
- boulevard
- chance
- colloquialism
- concrete jungle
- cross street
- environment
- high street
- local road
- local street
- main street
- mews
- neighborhood
- neighbourhood
- one-way street
- opportunity
- pavement
- paving
- rue
- side street
- thoroughfare
- two-way street
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